{"nrhp_refnum":"88000769","name":"Bridge in Albany Township","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"LR 06173 over Maiden Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Steinsville","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.635266899000044,"lon":-75.85554027199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A multiple-span rubble masonry highway bridge over Maiden Creek in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, near Steinsville. It was built in 1841 and carries vehicular traffic.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the bridge as a typical example of a nineteenth-century multiple-span rubble masonry highway bridge in Berks County. It is regarded as a very well preserved representative of intermediate-length bridges with semi-circular arches and rubble-stone construction common in the county's 19th-century bridges. The area of significance is engineering.","narrative":"Built in 1841 over Maiden Creek in Albany Township, Berks County, this rubble masonry highway bridge crosses the stream near Steinsville. It has three spans totalling 100 feet, with the main spans measuring 71 feet, and semi-circular arches built of dry-laid, roughly pointed stone. A stone plaque marks its construction date. The bridge is unaltered and still carries vehicular traffic in a rural farming area. Its significance lies in engineering. It is regarded as a very well preserved example of the intermediate-length, multiple-span stone arch bridges common among Berks County's nineteenth-century highway crossings. The nominated property covers the superstructure and substructure, bounded by the outside corners of the wing walls, and is less than one acre in extent.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Unaltered, original site, with use for vehicular traffic.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.134198-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88000769.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000769/29c7eb5f3c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000769/29c7eb5f3c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Albany_Township_Oct_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_in_Albany_Township_Oct_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992350","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_in_Albany_Township","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966338"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/bridge-in-albany-township-88000769/"}